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Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Innovation still takes centre stage in an unpredictable economy
Soaring cocoa prices have forced Isabelle Lam to rethink her business. The co-founder of Remix Snacks, known for its bean-based chocolate bark, saw costs spike by 50 per cent last year – a jolt that prompted her to examine the key ingredient that helped launch the brand in 2018. 'It forced us to look back instead of looking ahead at how we can expand,' says Ms. Lam, a registered dietitian who founded the company in Montreal. Considerations included the type of chocolate she uses and how she sources her ingredients. 'It's not so much impact innovation but asking how we can streamline things to make (the company) the most efficient it can be.' Remix's bean bark is a high-protein, high-fibre snack made with upcycled imperfect fruit, black beans and 70-per-cent dark chocolate – a concept Ms. Lam and co-founder Jamie Lee developed while studying nutrition at McGill University. Combining beans and chocolate into a nutritious snack helped the pair break into a highly competitive market. When cocoa prices more than doubled in 2024, and inflation changed how consumers spent their money, Ms. Lam had to adapt. Business leaders across sectors increasingly view innovation not only as a response to short-term shocks, but as a long-term strategy for staying competitive in a rapidly changing world. Research by McKinsey & Co. has identified the ability to innovate as one of the top three sources of competitive advantage across industries. Ms. Lam keeps innovation front and centre by staying aligned with the mission that inspired Remix Snacks in the first place: promoting nutrition and reducing food waste. In October, 2024, she made the difficult decision to raise prices, and to look for other ways to innovate. 'There's a reason why so many people are trying to get into the industry,' Ms. Lam says. 'We're not happy with where things are, and there's so much room for growth. It's important to keep that in the forefront.' That mindset is echoed in other sectors, where companies are similarly reassessing how they work. 'A vision is what motivates people across the board,' says Peter Josty, executive director of the Centre for Innovation Studies (THECIS), a Calgary-based non-profit that researches innovation. 'Building a culture that motivates people and responds well to failure is an essential part of innovation.' Building that culture isn't always easy, especially in uncertain times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses were focused solely on survival. According to Statistics Canada, Canada's innovation rate – the proportion of businesses that introduced product or business process innovations – dropped nearly eight percentage points between 2020 and 2022, when compared with the 2017-2019 period. Some leaders see volatility as the best time to think differently. Margot Sunter is the chief innovation officer at GGFL, an Ottawa-based accounting and advisory firm. Her role involves creating an environment where people are willing to experiment. She says uncertainty is exactly the time when business leaders should be thinking about innovation. 'To be truly innovative, there has to be a level of discomfort and risk-taking,' Ms. Sunter says. 'We learn more from making mistakes than we do from getting it right.' While accounting is typically seen as a risk-averse industry, Ms. Sunter says firms such as hers must adapt to two converging pressures: a shortage of chartered professional accountants (CPAs) and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), which is reshaping client expectations. That requires a rethink of what tasks CPAs need to perform – and what can be done by others. 'We have a really busy firm, and our accountants don't have time to drive those conversations forward,' she says. The firm created her role to make sure someone is dedicating time to keeping pace with change. 'For me, every change is an opportunity for innovation.' For example, when an employee leaves, stop to ask if you really need someone in that role or if there is a different way to do the work. 'We're not doing earth-shattering things, but we're really understanding what each person on the team brings and what our clients care about,' Ms. Sunter says. 'Change happens in lots of small ways, and it builds momentum.' Not all innovation needs to be groundbreaking. THECIS's Mr. Josty calls innovation a spectrum, with incremental changes on one end and general-purpose technologies, such as steam power and electricity, on the other. Companies can benefit at any point along that spectrum. But as the World Economic Forum warns that AI breakthroughs are ushering in a 'fourth industrial revolution,' Mr. Josty says companies need to adapt and innovate to compete. 'Change is the new constant,' says GGFL's Ms. Sunter. 'We can be part of it and help decide where to go.'
The Sun
5 days ago
- General
- The Sun
Pensioner dad of executed man left bloodied after attack by hoods from rival clan
THE pensioner dad of an executed man was left bloodied after he was attacked by hoods from a rival clan. Joe Lee, 68, was bottled by one thug while a knife maniac tried to stab him in the unprovoked attack. 3 3 His son Jamie Lee, 23, was gunned down in Castlemilk, Glasgow, in 2017 by Jordan Owens, 31, amid a violent feud between two factions. Joe was also hit twice by bullets in that attack — with the third bullet killing his lad. Now fears of tensions exploding again have been heightened after Wednesday night's horror in nearby Rutherglen. One local said: 'It's been quiet for a while, but now everyone is worried it's all going to kick off. 'Attacking a vulnerable man is the lowest of the low, but that's what these folk are, rats. 'Revenge is in the air and a tit-for-tat feud could easily explode. "Neither side will speak to the police. They will take care of things themselves.' Organised crime member Owens fled the scene of Jamie's assassination in a playpark and was at large for two years before being caught in Lisbon, Portugal. He is serving at least 23 years in jail. Joe declined to comment. Police Scotland confirmed it 'received a report of an assault on a 68-year-old man in Rutherglen'.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals Plastic Surgery Regret After Getting Cosmetic Work in Her 20s
Jamie Lee Curtis revealed how Hollywood was a very unforgiving place in her youth, saying she regrets getting plastic surgery in her 20s after a cruel comment from a coworker. The incident took place when a cinematographer on her 1985 film, Perfect, allegedly refused to film the actress over how her face looked. 'He was like, 'Yeah, I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy.' And I was 25, so for him to say that, it was very embarrassing,' Jamie Lee, 66, explained during a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday, May 11. 'So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery.' The Oscar winner wasn't happy with her decision. 'That's just not what you want to do when you're 25 or 26. And I regretted it immediately and have kind of sort of regretted it since,' Jamie Lee shared. As a result of her experience, the Halloween Kills star has embraced aging gracefully. 'I've become a really public advocate to say to women you're gorgeous and you're perfect the way you are. So yeah, it was not a good thing for me to do,' she added about her cosmetic work. Jamie Lee played an ultra-fit aerobics instructor in Perfect, where she starred opposite John Travolta. The Freaky Friday star previously revealed in a 2021 interview how after getting plastic surgery, she developed an addiction to painkillers. 'I tried plastic surgery, and it didn't work. It got me addicted to Vicodin,' she told Fast Company. 'I'm 22 years sober now.' "The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering, and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty. Once you mess with your face, you can't get it back," Jamie Lee said about beauty standards. It wasn't just plastic surgery that caused Jamie to become "an advocate for natural beauty," as she described herself during an October 2021 appearance on the U.K. talk show Lorraine. Jamie Lee said she decided to go with a super short hairstyle after years of "humiliating" experiences dealing with her locks. "I tried to do everything you can do to your hair," she explained. "Personally, I felt it humiliating. I would go into a hair salon, the smell of the chemicals, the feeling of that color on my hair, the wearing the things, sitting under the hair dryer, I was like, 'For what?'" "So very early on in my career, I had a perm and then had to dye my hair for a movie, and it burned my hair off my head. And the first time I cut my hair short, I went, 'Oh, oh, my God. Oh wow, I look like me,'" she shared. Jamie Lee revealed how she decided to stop coloring her hair and embraced going gray. "Since then, I also stopped dyeing it and then I've also been an advocate for not f--king with your face," she told host Lorraine Kelly. "And the term anti-aging. What? What are you talking about? We're all going to f--king age. We're all going to die. Why do you want to look 17 when you're 70? I want to look 70 when I'm 70!" Jamie Lee declared.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Jamie Lee Curtis Regrets Getting Plastic Surgery at 25
Originally appeared on E! Online isn't claiming to be perfect. The Freaky Friday actress detailed how a comment made by a cinematographer on the set of her 1985 film Perfect costarring John Travolta pushed her to undergo plastic surgery. "He was like, 'Yeah I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy,'" Jamie Lee recalled in a May 11 interview with 60 Minutes. "I was 25. For him to say that was very embarrassing. So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery." "Not well," she added when she was asked how it went. "That's just not what you want to do when you're 25 or 26. I regretted it immediately and have kind of, sort of regretted it since." The Oscar winner added that she has "way" more remorse for her decision now. That's because, as Jamie Lee explained, "I've become a really public advocate to say to women, 'You're gorgeous and you're perfect the way you are,' so... oh, yeah. It was not a good thing for me to do." More from E! Online Sean "Diddy" Combs' Daughters Chance, D'Lila and Jessie Combs Walk Out of Courtroom During Testimony Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial: Cassie Ventura Says Period Blood, Urine Were Involved in "Freak Offs" What Is a 'Freak Off'? What to Know About the Sex Parties in Sean "Diddy" Combs' Trial The 66-year-old had previously revealed that Gordon Willis, an Oscar-nominated cinematographer who died in 2014, was behind the devastating comment and pinpointed it as a the moment that her struggles with addiction began. "Right after that movie I went and had an eye job," she told The New Yorker in 2019. "That's when I found Vicodin, and the cycle of addiction began with that." The Everything Everywhere All At Once star told 60 Minutes that she's 26 years sober now before further elaborating on her substance abuse issues. "I became very enamored with the warm bath of an opiate," she said. "You know, drank a little bit, never to excess, never any big public demonstrations. I was very quiet, very private about it. But it it became a dependency for sure." Jamie Lee also called attention to the iconic scene from Perfect where she wears a leotard while teaching a fitness class. "Of course, I look really good in a leotard," she noted. "Believe me, I've seen enough pictures of me in that leotard where even I go like, 'Really? Come on.'" Keep reading for more stars who have admitted to getting cosmetic work done... Andy CohenMartha StewartJana KramerAriana GrandeKailyn LowryGypsy Rose BlanchardCaroline StanburySelena GomezBrandi GlanvilleAriana MadixJill ZarinBrittany CartwrightLily AllenTori SpellingSharon OsbourneLady GagaBethenny FrankelOlivia ColmanJulie ChenJamie Lee CurtisJennifer AnistonNeNe LeakesKim ZolciakLisa Rinna
Nylon
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Nylon
The Paper Bunny injects new lease of life into recycled materials with the TPB Recraft Collection
Since gaining popularity with its puffy series, The Paper Bunny is back with a special limited-edition collection that takes offcuts from past collections and recycled materials made from used plastic bottles and fabric scraps, and turns them into beloved TPB silhouettes such as the Puffer Swing, Puffer Shopper, and Utility Laptop Bag. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. Speaking with NYLON Singapore, co-founder and Creative Director of The Paper Bunny Jamie Lee, shared that the concept behind TPB Recraft started with a batch of bags that didn't pass the brand's quality control. 'They were not good enough for sale, but we couldn't bear to throw them away,' said Jamie. Motivated by the desire to reimagine what could have otherwise been waste, Jamie and her team came up with TPB Recraft — to look at offcuts and discarded materials not as the end of their story, but as the 'beginning of something new'. The Paper Bunny team started by taking stock of their leftover materials such as fabric offcuts from past collections, leftover stock material, and also new materials made from recycled plastic bottles and fabric scraps that have never been used before. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. 'We wanted to use these materials in some of our most loved and functional silhouettes, while still maintaining the standards of quality and features of what our customers love,' said Jamie. She added, 'Each design in Recraft is unique because of the new materials used — including some with a dual-tone — and they are limited in quantity, making it that much more special.' It was also important for Jamie and her team to be honest and upfront with her community, and she keeps this transparency in every product description where she specifies what each product was made from. Developed as a labour of love, the TPB Recraft collection took many hours and days of sorting out and matching what they had from previous collections, and putting together different parts to see if it fits before the materials are turned into something new and beautiful. 'For the leftover materials from past collections — there were limited quantities to each material and colour, and making an entire collection from bits and pieces was a lot more complicated than it looked,' said Jamie. This, was in addition to The Paper Bunny's commitment to ensure that the TPB Recraft collection maintains the same standards of quality and hand-feel that you know and love in your TPB pieces. Puffer Swing (Recraft Fawn), $70. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. Puffer Swing (Recraft Seal), $70. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. Of all the pieces in the collection, Jamie's favourites are the duo-tone pieces, namely the Puffer Swing in Recraft Fawn and the Camper Cap in Recraft Magpie: 'They are special and noteworthy, yet super wearable and matches anything in your closet!' Even though TPB Recraft started off purely as an artistic exploration for Jamie and her team, they wanted to challenge themselves to push boundaries and see where it leads. 'We see TPB Recraft as an opportunity for creativity, and we hope to convey that beauty, creativity and care can exist if we just look a little harder.' For Jamie, she sees the collection as a 'celebration of a shift in perspectives' and added: 'Sustainability is not one-dimensional and not just about sacrifice or limitation, but it can also be artful, inventive and full of possibility.' 'Our goal really isn't to be perfect, of which we are very, very far from, but it is to take on a spirit of exploration and curiosity, and to invite our community to come along with us on that journey,' she said. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. While The Paper Bunny has showed how they are exploring sustainability in their crafting process, they don't 'profess' to be a sustainable brand. To this, Jamie explained, 'We think it would be inaccurate for any retail brand to profess to be one, and we never want to come across as greenwashing. For us, sustainability is a journey of progress, not perfection.' Instead, Jamie and her team believes in providing joyful alternatives to 'make sustainability fun, aesthetic and easy to incorporate into everyday life' — a fun reusable, if you will, to add to your daily wardrobe. Internally, The Paper Bunny team has and continue to make sustainable living decisions such as choosing to lessen single-use options where possible; opting for reusable ziplock and drawstring bags instead of poly bags, FSC-certified or recycled paper and plastics, or other alternatives in their design process. 'Ultimately, we believe in making thoughtful choices that can create a positive impact in our everyday lives,' Jamie said, 'It's about finding simple yet meaningful ways to make a difference.' Hands-On with the TPB Recraft Puffer Shopper As someone who is familiar with The Paper Bunny, on account of owning 3 bags, I was never lucky enough to get my hands on the Puffer Shopper until now. Unlike the original Puffer Shopper, the TPB Recraft Puffer Shopper in Gloss has been crafted using recycled nylon though it features the same properties as the original Gloss material. Puffer Shopper (Recraft Gloss Porcini), $85. Image courtesy of The Paper Bunny. I compared this with my Puffer Swing in Gloss, and was pleasantly surprised by how similar the material felt. Not only was the recycled nylon smooth and soft to the touch, the overall bag is lightweight — which is a bonus for me as I often carry my laptop out for work and prefer not to have added weight (from the bag) on my shoulders. One thing that I really love about TPB bags is that they are non-pilling, which really helps eliminate the worry I always get when I feel the friction between my clothes and the bag. Before I started my search for non-pilling bags, I would always have slightly ruined tops because of the cotton-pilling that would occur from the abrasion of my heavyweight bag. But, after having used the Recraft Puffer Shopper for a few days to carry the full weight of a 13-inch MacBook Air, charger, and a 32oz Owala bottle, I am happy to report that no tops have since been ruined! My shoulders also feel a lot more comfortable during commute, thanks to the pillowy, cloud-like bag straps. TPB Recraft logo. On top of its functional qualities, I have to say that the Recraft Puffer Shopper is an overall aesthetically pleasing wardrobe essential that just matches with my daily outfit. It has also become a unique piece in my collection of bags with its one-of-a-kind Recraft logo which blends embroidery with a plastic-like label. The TPB Recraft Collection is now available at The Paper Bunny store in Takashimaya Shopping Centre and online at
